Automobile Club of Southern California - disneyland-tickets Now at the Disneyland® Resort: Mickey’s Soundsational Parade Disneyland® Park Watch as beloved melodies from classic Disney movies come alive through music, Disney Characters and whimsical floats. Mickey strikes up the band and leads the way with a syncopated drum line. Colorfully costumed musicians, energetic dancers and many of Mickey’s friends follow to amplify the fun with twinkling cymbals, steel drums and bold percussion. Each fantastic float has its own unique musical style, like crowd-pleasing Bollywood and South American rhythms. Best of all, you're encouraged to join the celebration for a giant jam session! World of Color Disney California Adventure Park World of Color is a breathtaking nighttime extravaganza held at Paradise Bay in Disney California Adventure Park. This outdoor show projects images from beloved Disney and Disney•Pixar films onto a 19,000 square-foot water “screen” created by nearly 1,200 fountains shooting water up to 200 feet in the air. Momentous music accompanies the images, as well as stunning fire, fountain, fog and laser effects.

Your family will be amazed as the water dances and pyrotechnics explode—and awed as the elements and effects weave a powerful tapestry of color, magic and imagination! Radiator Springs Racers Disney California Adventure Park Cars Land, now open at the re-imagined Disney California Adventure Park, offers 12 acres of high-octane fun. Cars Land has been adapted from the award-winning Disney•Pixar film Cars, and is home to Luigi, Guido, Red the Fire Engine, Mater, and of course, Lightning McQueen. The Happiest Place on Earth just got happier. The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure Disney California Adventure Park Board a clamshell, descend “under the sea,” and embark on a journey through the story of Walt Disney Pictures’ The Little Mermaid. Sing along to some popular songs from the film and enjoy all your favorite characters including Sebastian, Flounder, Scuttle, and more. As to Disney artwork/properties: ©Disney. 1Magic Morning early entry allows admission into selected attractions at Disneyland® Resort theme park before the park opens to the general public. Each member of your travel party must have a valid theme park admission.

To enhance the Magic Morning experience, it is strongly recommended that guests arrive at least one hour and 15 minutes prior to regular park opening. Magic Morning admission is based on availability and does not operate daily. Applicable theme park, days and times of operation and all other elements including, but not limited to, operation of attractions, entertainment, stores and restaurants and appearances of characters may vary and are subject to change without notice. Subject to capacity and other restrictions. 2Theme park and special event discounts only available to AAA members. Tickets may not be resold or transferred for commercial use. Purchase limits and other restrictions apply. Ticket pricing, features and availability subject to change without notice. Applicable theme park, days and times of operation and all other elements including, but not limited to, operation of attractions, entertainment, stores and restaurants and appearances of characters may vary and are subject to change without notice. Subject to capacity and other restrictions. Offer may not be combined with any other ticket offer, discount, or promotion. All offers, events, tickets, age ranges, services, attractions and entertainment may be seasonal and are subject to change without notice. 3All attractions and entertainment may be seasonal and are subject to change without notice.

ATM Locations | Guest Services | Disneyland Resort Disneyland Resort ' . ' ATM presented by Chase 24-hour self-service ATMs, presented by Chase, are located throughout the Disneyland Resort. Basic in-person banking services are also available at select Disneyland Resort locations. Cards and Services Accepted Although subject to change, Disneyland Resort ATMs accept the following cards and services: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover/Novus, Cirrus, Plus, Star and Honor. Fees A fee will be charged for a cash withdrawal to any cardholder using a card not issued by Chase. This fee, which will be added to the withdrawal amount, is in addition to any fees that may be assessed by the cardholder’s financial institution. Cash Withdrawal Limit The daily limit for cash withdrawal is dependent on your card’s issuing bank. Please check with your bank to confirm your cash withdrawal limit. Additionally, some ATMs include a maximum transaction limit, above and beyond the cash withdrawal limit associated with your card. Basic Banking Services Basic banking services, like foreign currency exchanges, are provided at City Hall in Disneyland Park and the Guest Relations Lobby in Disney California Adventure Park .

American Theme Parks and the Landscapes of Mass Culture Further Reading Parks and American Popular Culture The theme park is increasingly part of the British experience of America. Though for many people the multiplex and television remain their most sustained contacts with American life Britons increasingly holiday in the USA, and when they do their most popular destination is Florida, where Disney World is their most popular resort. Though many Britons now find America more familiar than almost any other place on earth, this fascination with things American is, paradoxically, often combined with a fear that our world is becoming too American, a widely held prejudice that all too frequently fails to distinguish between those aspects of the modern world detractors abhor and those that are specifically American. So the common prejudice that theme parks are the most American feature of the modern world may need questioning rather than accepting at face value. But how did the American amusement park re-emerge as the Disney theme park, a major symbol culture of American culture at home and abroad? Back to top of article The Origins of Disneyland Amusement parks have a long history, being important landmarks and meeting places within the expanding cities of industrial America. Coney Island was New Yorks Southend and Blackpool combined.

It was brash, fun, exuberant, and a place where spectacular rides rubbed shoulder to shoulder with tawdry freak and burlesque shows, all the fun of the fair so disliked by educators, civic improvers and political radicals: bread and circuses, repeated to some degree in every city. Watch the Pleasure Island sequence in the film Pinocchio for Walt Disneys dystopic vision of what happens to those who are led astray within such dens of iniquity. While diversifying his portfolio in response to the growing power of television Disney decided to exploit novel possibilities more evident within southern California than elsewhere, far from the cosmopolitan and liberal traditions of New York City. Just beyond the then edge of Los Angeles Disney laid out a new kind of private space that sought to harness the popular appeal of amusement parks even while avoiding their less attractive, downmarket aspects. And so successful was Disneyland that it had more than a local impact. Through television promotion Disneyland came to be considered the national and then international yardstick for large entertainment complexes. So successful was Disneyland at attracting visitors that the site was soon surrounded by rival theme parks and motels, seen as essentially parasitical by Disney.

"the theme park virus, its major symptoms being an impatience with anything not on the prepackaged itinerary They wanted safety and predictability. They wanted to be assured in advance exactly what kind of fun they could expect, what clothes theyd need, who to tip and how much. They came in herds ... Their luggage was transferred automatically. They rode a bulletproof bus across the city exactly on schedule. They were old and wanted a nearly organized program. They were young and wanted to get exactly their moneys worth they moved in herds along preprogrammed routes. If any of them chanced to wonder off, encounter some unseemly reality, a grubby unwashed child playing in the ordinary dust, some tavern filled with genuine roughnecks, they would no doubt scurry back to the group with wild tales of poverty and danger. Thats another thing the theme park disease did. It trivialized everything evenly. The pleasure, the awe, the terror.

Made the authentic into just one more carnival ride they would flow upstate to one of the plastic theme parks where the great white shark would lunge predictably, the rocket ship would plummet right on schedule, the ferocious beasts would charge their car on the hour every hour, and the black-hearted pirates would carry away shrieking damsels, all of it on steel tracks, a conveyor belt dragging them forward smoothly and dependably and safety above the shallow sea. This was Florida. This was his home, what it had become. Where the false and the true had become so interchangeable that hardly anyone could tell the difference. And those who still could were so worn down they barely cared." James Hall Buzz Cut Heinemann, London 1996 pp291-292 Subsequent sites would be much larger and designed to provide enough accommodation on site with sufficient alternatives to the Magic Kingdom that visitors would never need to stray off site. This was more Butlins than any British holiday camp.

Disney World, opened in the early 1970s on a vast estate in central Florida, soon became an essential yardstick for resort development across America and now across the world, outshining competitors such as Sea World or Busch Gardens which overseas tourists may never have even heard of, just as few Americans have ever heard of Alton Towers. None but Disney theme parks have became synonymous with America overseas. Back to top of article The Disney Theme Park Experience Theme parks differ from earlier amusement parks such as Coney Island in many crucial ways, not least of which is that besides their themed areas each involves massive campuses that are not merely contained and clearly delineated, but deliberately exclude involvement with the outside world. Unlike seaside resorts, such as the Atlantic City boardwalk, visitors cannot wander in and out at will, spending as little time and money as they choose. Payment is made up front, in exchange for unlimited access during a designated time span. Payment kiosks are only reached at the end of long access roads some miles from the nearest community. Having a vast site where payment is made deep within the park means that few parents are going to turn around and leave if they find the entrance fee excessive. And each park is already familiar even for new visitors.

Already at least two generations have been brought up on Disney movies, products and television programmes, many of which refer to characters who are such a vital part of the park. Not only is product promotion aimed at moving vast amounts of merchandise but its very familiarity makes the huge site less threatening than it might otherwise appear, for Americans and foreign visitors alike. Many families feel they are returning to familiar territory, from which they can then branch out into more unfamiliar areas such as the various foreign exhibits around EPCOT. If California was often seen as Americas America so too Disneyland was seen as Californias own Dream, though few but Uncle Walt ever got rich in the parks. Unlike world fairs Disney theme parks are designed to be both permanent, and to be open all year around, making southern locations essential, and proving problematic in less subtropical Japan or northern France. Like world fairs Disney parks have delighted in providing a glimpse of the rest of the world. Without threat or further expense visitors can visit strange lands, and return home to America whenever they want: the ultimate in safe travel. A British pub is as accessible as a Norwegian church as a Chinese interior.

In such synthetic surroundings the ultimate virtual reality helps create and then reinforce certain American images not just about the USA but about the wider world, and by inference Americas place within that world. Foreigners are at best exotic, at worst bizarre. America is not just the best, but contains the best from the whole wide world. Who needs to venture forth when Disney has distilled the essence of travel into a days outing? Back to top of article The Magic Kingdom and Beyond A Magic Kingdom lies at the core of all Disney theme parks. Main Street reflects Walt Disneys attitudes towards the urban past as epitomised in folk memories of the Midwest at the end of the 19th century, including quite ambivalent attitudes towards both technology and commerce. The community being celebrated is that which was undermined by the arrival of modern technology, mass production, and mass consumption, ironic given that Disney theme parks are one of the most obvious promoters of mass culture. Disney is here following the footsteps of Henry Ford who celebrated the very small town life his cars were subverting.

Yet Disney provides no deliberate parody of American preoccupations with small town life: this is no ironic post-modern experience, even though shopping on Main Street is reduced to trinkets and fast food, traffic is scarce and technology seems to exist only to provide rides. And despite small town pretensions nobody actually knows your name. Even the physical structures are inauthentic: the perspective of the upper floors is manipulated to make the view seem more real, or at least more cosy. Parades take place at least twice a day, not twice a year. To keep the site pristine rather than realistic there are no horse droppings or garbage on the street. Cleaning up is prompt and maintenance takes place after hours, or remains out of sight. The world of work has disappeared, which is strange given the value honest hard work is given within mainstream American culture. But work made too obvious would undermine the fantastic motif so crucial to a place dedicated to providing complete relief from the real world of everyday life. Disney campaigned for years to have a power line removed from public view in Disneyland. It was not that it was unusually intrusive, but as it might remind people of the everyday world of work it was seen as incompatible with the very nature of the park.

Beyond Main Street are themed areas ("lands") such as Frontierland, focusing upon other places and other times, whether foreign or mythical (though these are usually confused). Rides are usually based around Disney movies, such as the Peter Pan, or are generic representations of places created by the movies, such as Pirates of the Caribbean. Though technology has long been a major theme within Tomorrowland the Florida site also has EPCOT where, within an eye-catching sphere, technology as harnessed by American corporations, is portrayed as the saviour of the planet. Back to top of article Re-inventing the Theme Park From a visitor base initially reliant upon young families Disney theme parks have widened their appeal to include all ages, from babes in arms to third-agers, with white-knuckle rides such as Space Mountain ranging through to gentle sightseeing cruises within a virtual Norway. There are parades and fireworks for all ages. Such elements have now become so standard that rivals have to have equivalent facilities on sites of an equivalent scale to be considered theme parks by the general public.

The most obvious aspect of Disney expansion and diversification at Walt Disney World, which has long since taken the lead from the smaller and therefore more constrained California theme park, is that the corporation continues to develop new parks within the overall estate, such as Disney-MGM Studios, and the various water-based amusement parks such as Typhoon Lagoon or River Country. The Florida site is so large new sites can be brought on stream from time to time as Disney seeks to encourage repeat visits to those who have outgrown the Magic Kingdom, but are still prepared to pay for holidays at resorts with the Disney seal of approval, hassle free excitement and relaxation. It is not just Alton Towers that seeks a novel attraction to keep the visitors returning each year! In southern California Disney sought to create his own profitable vision of a post-war America, one that, while having echoes of the staid small town, grew out of the massive wartime influx of young people from all over the US, people increasingly mobile who would use the family car to visit his facility throughout the year. Disney used the excitement of the amusement park to bring people in, but by focusing upon family groups avoided the problems of unchaperoned young people and immigrants.

In Florida Disney would go beyond replicating his tamed amusement park by developing a permanent world fair, when he inaugurated an Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow (EPCOT), though after his death this never progressed beyond being a showcase for American technology in a series of corporate displays. The Disney Corporation has however recently returned to Walts urban concerns with the inauguration of Celebration, a town built and run by the corporation. This new town, adjacent to the Disney compound, is supposed to distil the lessons of supposedly successful towns such as Charleston and Savannah to re-establish small town America, though cynics might suggest a new setting for The Truman Show, or at least a corporate attempt to broaden Disneys Florida portfolio to include real estate development. But even initially unsympathetic journalists and critics have noted the high standard of facilities and the sophisticated ways of managing public expectations, aspects that influence other facilities that deal with the general public, even those that would otherwise be appalled to have anything to do with theme parks, such as art galleries museums and folk parks. Back to top of article Disney Parks and the Wider World So the impact of Disney theme parks has not just been in terms of parks and their environs.

Disney has been so successful in promoting a new type of resort that Disneyland and particularly Disney World have become not just product leaders but yardsticks against which an ever wider range of facilities dealing directly with the general public are measured, whether by developers of the public. These range from shopping malls to a new generation of world fairs and convention centres via galleries and museums. Even the new generation of British motorway service areas and superstores owes something to the ways in which Disney has set the standard for dealing with an affluent and increasingly demanding public. Detractors may abhor the ubiquity of Disney products but the importance of Disney is perhaps more widespread in terms of its influences on this ever wider range of venues. Every mall, not just every amusement park developer, has to recognise that Disney has set the standards for large integrated site developments, just as Henry Ford once set standards for factory-based manufacturing. And with this comes other values that are encoded into the very landscape. Mass access requires mass communications.

Though in the USA this is the car, with all its associated freeways and ramp access points, in France and Japan this depends more upon public transport, but wherever mass access has to be provided, and where it does not exist, as was the case with Alton Towers, has to be provided. More importantly Disney theme parks ignore the previous landscapes, treating the site as if virgin wilderness. The old landscapes of Orange County, Orlando or Maine La Vallée are completely obliterated. Developers and local governments generally hope that the site will then attract other similar and complementary facilities, such as hotel and other rival tourist facilities, which in creating jobs stimulates growth in the local economy. Despite Walt Disneys expectations both Disneyland and Disney World are surrounded with rival parks offering different themes, such as Sea World in Orlando, and have acted to stimulate the local economies beyond recognition. An expanding environmental impact becomes seen as normal, without reference to what may be a growing environmental impact that may not be ultimately sustainable. Disneyland has been partly responsible for massive suburban expansion on the edge of what is really a desert, and Disney World has spawned ever more expansion in an area that is using up fresh water faster than nature can replenish it, leading to untreated water becoming ever more brackish.

No-wonder the Disney Corporations attempted to capitalise upon the growing tourist trade within the Washington DC area led to such a mixed response, the corporation eventually withdrawing from its Disneys America project which was to have inaugurated a new generation of themed parks, one that would have brought Disney skills to public understanding of the American past. The fear that the reckless eclecticism of Disneys theme park tradition would merely trash the past did nothing to recommend Disney America to the movers and shakers of Washington DCs western suburbs across northern Virginia. Back to top of article Shopping Malls as Theme Parks One of the major distinguishing features of Disney theme parks is that they are massive, can process vast numbers of people, and are open all year long, come rain or shine. Walt Disney World closes only on Christmas Day, which is followed by its most busy day of the year. Located in Florida it has to deal with electrical storms and the occasional hurricane alert, but never the snows of New York or Chicago. Few other resorts can handle so many people in winter, except perhaps mountain ski centres in Colorado.

It is hardly surprising that other developers, promoters and cities have increasingly sought to duplicate Disneys profitability by providing all-weather, secure shopping, commercial and entertainment facilities. Huge stadiums in almost every major city mean that football can be played in the deepest winter or the hottest, most humid times of the year without regard to the weather outside. Shoppers too can be safely sheltered from inclement weather, as most cities now have all season, totally enclosed shopping malls, where old people jog and youngsters court, families visit the multiplex and artists exhibit. But though many members of the general public treat such enclosed spaces as public space they are most definitely private, and can exclude groups or individuals deemed likely to disrupt the ambience of painless shopping and recreation. Rappers and evangelists alike are rarely welcome, for this is not the public highway but a private space however much filled with normal main street facilities such as post boxes and fountains, police officers and pretzel vendors. Already the courts are being brought into deciding how far such facilities can go before they become quasi-public, and thus subject to the normal free-speech and open access requirements of the law. And just as important as this public-private confusion is the growing convergence of shopping malls and theme parks.

The Mall of America in Minnesota already seems to have taken the shopping experience to levels that could have embarrassed even Walt Disney. Is this shopping with entertainment or a theme park with massive purchasing opportunities? But it is not only malls that have mixed different types of facilities on the one site. Las Vegas is no longer just a set of casinos and shows in the desert made possible by cheap power and cheaper water. To widen its appeal and thus its profitability the shows and reviews have been extended into purpose-built arenas where pirates plunder from full-rigged sailing boats and where visitors can avoid the hassles of going to Egypt to see the Pyramids and the treasures of the pharaohs. To ensure repeat business new themed areas are essential each year, just as amusement parks need ever more spectacular white-knuckle rides. To siphon off Las Vegass trade other resorts near big cities, such as Atlantic City, not only brought in the casinos, but developed whole resort portfolios, aping the success of Disney World. Cruise liners become floating theme parks that allow Americans to visit the Caribbean without having to go ashore if they dont dare.

Even downtown chambers of commerce entice developers with support for convention centres and redeveloped entertainment or heritage areas, as in Boston and Baltimore, all with CCTV and security patrols: such areas exclude as much as they welcome. A certain mobility is necessary to get into these otherwise often isolated facilities, and a certain affluence is necessary to make good use of the facilities. Downtown malls and convention centres are increasingly isolated from adjacent but decaying neighbourhoods, requiring access by car through controlled gateways, meaning only targeted consumers will seek entrance to places such as Detroits Renaissance Center. And of course people increasingly live within equally gated communities. In Manhattan apartment dwellers have long lived in locked and guarded buildings. In Los Angeles whole communities have been constructed behind walls, with electronic gate controls restricting access, like staff quarters on military bases. Even the poor have petitioned for cross streets to be closed off to reduce outsiders, particularly gangs, passing through. Back to top of article Theme Parks and American Influences The theme park is increasingly part of the modern world for both Americans and Europeans, whether on holiday or at home.

But though Alton Towers now at last calls itself a theme park it still retains its historic setting, its gardens and its castle, quite unlike any Disney theme park with its deliberate placelessness. In similar vein Legoland revels in providing a fine view of Windsor Castle under the flight path of Concorde, building in rather than excluding the wider world. And the British amusement park tradition is quite independent of Disney, going back at least to Vauxhall Gardens on the banks of the Thames, with detours through seaside piers, Blackpool illuminations and holiday camps. Danes are proud of their longstanding Tivolli Gardens, and their early wooden roller coasters. Dutch firms make many of the most modern theme park rides, and the French long since turned Mont St Michel into a shopping opportunity for the coach loads of visitors. Even Disneyland Paris is full of European folk tales and cartoon characters. Maybe Disney theme parks are merely the most promoted amusement parks, rather than something peculiarly American. The common prejudice that theme parks are the most American feature of the modern world does need careful scrutiny rather than being accepted immediately at face value. Is Blackpool Pleasure Beach really part of an American cultural invasion, or just Nottinghams Goose Fair writ large?

As almost every country now has its theme parks they may well be more usefully considered but part of the modern world, for good or ill, rather than something peculiarly American, whatever the Disney Corporation would have us believe. But that still doesnt quite explain why Disney has captured the high ground, demanding to be recognised not just as the front-runner, but as international yardstick against which all rivals are found wanting. Maybe Disneys reputation is built not just upon the example of its theme parks, but upon Disneys long established access to childrens television. And that is a very American position from which to take on world markets. Maybe Disney is more about market share and less about promoting American culture. Back to top of article Disneyland Ticket Discounts, Deals & Coupons - MouseSavers.com MouseSavers.com Facebook Twitter Disneyland Ticket Discounts, Deals & Coupons Disneyland tickets are available from many different sources, which vary considerably in pricing and service, but there are reliable Disneyland ticket vendors out there if you know where to look. There are multiple Disneyland ticket discounts available to the general public, and even more for local residents, members and employees of certain organizations and the US military.

You can get discounted Disneyland tickets all year long, though the discounts can be deeper in the off-season. Really deeply discounted Disneyland tickets are hard to find — you’re probably going to have to pay 90%-95% of full price in most cases. Still, if you’re buying multi-day tickets for a couple or a family, that can amount to a decent chunk of money! This page is about tickets for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. If that’s not where you’re planning a trip, perhaps you want our page about discounted tickets to Walt Disney World in Florida . Or you may want information and tips for the Disney parks in other countries . Prices and blackout dates listed on this page are subject to change at any time. LAST UPDATE: 1/13/17 What Is Park Hopper? Do You Need It? Where NOT to Buy Disneyland Tickets There are lots of legitimate ways to get discounted Disneyland tickets. Unfortunately, there are also some ways to get ripped off. Never buy partially used tickets. For instance, someone may claim they bought a 4-day ticket and ended up using only 2 days of it, so they are reselling the remaining 2 days. Sounds good, right?

The trouble is, there is absolutely no way to tell whether the pass does, in fact, have the number of days remaining that the seller claims, until you get to the gate and see if it works. If it doesn’t, Disney will not be sympathetic, because Disney tickets are nontransferable. That means they can legally be used only by the original purchaser. It is a very bad idea to buy Disneyland tickets on eBay or Craigslist. Unfortunately both of these online resources are extremely popular with con artists. Recently scammers have even taken to presenting fake “invoices” or “receipts” that seem to be from legitimate businesses that supposedly sold them the tickets. They always have some sad story about buying nonrefundable tickets, and now they can’t go, and they just want to get some of their money back. But the passes they sell you are partially or completely used up, or were never valid to begin with. Tickets can look perfectly new and real, yet be worthless. For example, they may be selling real Disney ticket stock shoplifted from supermarkets or other stores, but since the tickets were never paid for, they have not been validated and have zero value.

There is no way to find out if the tickets you buy from a stranger (or even “a friend of a friend”) are any good in advance of your trip. You are very likely to arrive at the gate and find out you have invalid passes. Here is a news story , another story and yet another story about this type of scam. Websites that seem to be offering super low prices on Disneyland tickets are almost guaranteed to be scams. There are legitimate, authorized Disney ticket brokers, but they don’t have a lot of profit margin once they pay Disney. There is no way a ticket dealer can offer new, authentic Disney tickets at extremely low prices without losing money. Scam sites may outright rip you off (charge you for tickets you never receive), or even worse, they may just be harvesting your personal information and credit card number so they can sell that information to criminals. Some signs of a scam ticket site: The site has “Disney” in the URL or site name, but is not owned by Disney. Disney does not allow its authorized ticket dealers to use the word Disney in their URLs (domain names or website addresses). If the site’s URL has the word Disney in it and it is not a site operated by Disney, do not buy tickets there.

They say they have discounted 1-day tickets. Disney does not allow legitimate ticket brokers to sell discounted 1-day tickets, so if you see a site offering those at a discount, run away fast. You can’t pick up the ticket until the morning you are entering the park, and/or you have to return the ticket when you’re done with it. This is a big red flag that they are reselling days off a multi-day ticket. There is at least one very glossy, professional-looking website offering this “service,” which is possibly fraudulent and definitely against Disney’s rules. See the section above about partially used passes — you do NOT want to get caught up in this scam! The site requires you to pay by Western Union or other cash-equivalent services, which means you’ll never be able to get the money back. That should be a huge red flag. ALWAYS pay by credit card (not debit card) when making purchases on the Internet! There are legitimate, authorized ticket brokers that have contracts with Disney and sell NEW, UNUSED Disney passes at a discount! Lost Disneyland Tickets – Very Important Tip! For a long time, Disneyland would not replace lost tickets under any circumstances.

In 2014, they switched policies to match Walt Disney World, and now they will replace your lost tickets, if you have a scan or picture of the back of the ticket with the numbers under the barcode visible. So when you get your tickets (not your will-call voucher or print-at-home “tickets,” but the small paper tickets the size of a credit card), immediately take a picture with your phone or camera of the backs of all of the tickets, and zoom in on the photo to make sure those numbers are readable. Then email the photos to someone else, or upload them to a cloud service, so you can still get to them if you lose your phone. If you lose a ticket and have a picture of the back, the ticket can be replaced at any Guest Relations location or Disneyland resort ticket booth. You’ll need to have everyone in your party go to Guest Relations together, with all the tickets you have (if any) so they can be sure which tickets need to be voided and replaced. It would be very bad to accidentally void the wrong ticket.

If you don’t have a camera or smartphone, write down all the numbers under the bar code from each ticket and stick it somewhere you won’t lose it, like deep in a purse or backpack. Amazingly enough, if you don’t have your tickets or a photo of the backs, but you do have some unused FastPasses that were gathered using those tickets, the Guest Relations folks can look up your tickets from the code numbers at the bottom of the FastPasses! Thanks to Mike W. for info. Upgrading Disneyland Tickets You can apply the value of an unused Disneyland ticket or pass, or even a partially used one with days left on it, toward the purchase of a higher-priced pass, as long as you do it before your pass expires. For instance, if you buy a 3-Day Park Hopper and then decide on the third day of use that you’d rather have an Annual Pass, you can apply the value of the Park Hopper toward the Annual Pass. Discounted passes purchased from third-party vendors will be credited at the retail price as of the day the ticket was issued. Full-price or discounted passes purchased directly from Disney will be credited at the exact price paid. To upgrade a ticket, go to any ticket booth or Guest Services window.

If you’re not sure whether you’ll want to hop between parks on the same day, you can always buy non-hopper tickets to start. If you decide you want to hop, you can upgrade your ticket to a Park Hopper by taking it to a ticket booth or Guest Services location and paying the difference between your current ticket and a Park Hopper ticket of the same length. The upgrade costs $40, except for 1-day tickets, where the upgrade costs $56. If there has been a ticket price increase between the time you bought your tickets and when you do the upgrade, you’ll also need to make up the difference. When Disneyland Tickets Expire There is no “No Expiration” option for Disneyland tickets. All multi-day passes at Disneyland expire 13 days after the first day you start using them. (Unless you use them up first. Naturally a 3-Day Park Hopper is “expired” once you’ve used all three days, even if 13 days haven’t passed yet!) Once the 13 days have passed after the first use, or the last admission day on the ticket is used, the ticket becomes worthless.

Current Disneyland tickets generally expire 13 days after the end of the year they were purchased, even if not used. Some special promotional tickets may expire even earlier. Tickets purchased late in the year may expire at the end of the next year, but they will expire. Unused, expired tickets cannot be used to enter the park any more, but can be traded in for a new ticket. You’ll get the amount you paid originally as a credit toward the new ticket. Even if you’re trading in for the same type of ticket, you’ll have to pay more if the ticket prices have gone up since you bought the original ticket. Old Disneyland passes that were issued in the days before expiration dates applied can still be used. Their original value is too low to be worth applying to a new pass, though. Just use them for admission (Guest Services will trade them for passes that will work at the gates) — or if they’re old enough, they might be worth more as collectibles! Disneyland Ticket Blackout Dates If you buy a restricted Annual Pass (such as the Southern California Annual Passport, which has many “blackout dates”), but you plan to start your trip on one of the blackout dates, the blackout will not apply on the day you purchase the pass.

So if you go to Disneyland on a Saturday and buy an Annual Pass that is normally not valid on Saturdays, you will still be able to use it that day at both parks. Can You Use Walt Disney World Tickets at Disneyland or Vice-Versa? The short answer is no. In the past you could use any unexpired, leftover days on a Walt Disney World ticket at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure. This was an unpublished benefit that was in effect at least since this site first started (2001). However, as of mid-December 2013, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will no longer honor Walt Disney World tickets. Disneyland tickets have never been accepted at Walt Disney World, and most Annual Passes are only good at the park where they were purchased (Walt Disney World Annual Passes are NOT good at Disneyland, and vice versa). However, there is a Premier Passport that is good at both locations. What Is A Park Hopper Ticket? Do You Need It? Disneyland Park Hopper tickets can be used to visit both parks on the same day. You can leave Disneyland park in the middle of the day, walk across the courtyard and use the same ticket to go to California Adventure, or vice-versa.

You can go back and forth as often as you want. Non-hopper (one-park-per-day) tickets only allow you to visit one park each day. You can visit a different park each day, but you can’t use the same ticket to go across to the other park once you’ve entered one that day. You cannot “burn” another day from a non-hopper ticket to visit both parks on the same day; the computer knows you already entered the first park and won’t let you go into the second using the same ticket. You can, of course, leave and return to the same park the same day with any ticket, say to take a midday break or to go to lunch in Downtown Disney. Park Hopper tickets can actually be quite handy at the Disneyland Resort, because the two parks are very close — the entrances are right across from each other. We always buy Park Hopper tickets and always hop on several days of our trip. That said, if money is tight, we think it’s fine to just get one-park-per-day tickets. It’s not a massive hardship to plan your day around staying in one park.

If you buy a one-park-per-day ticket and then realize you want to hop once you’re actually there, remember that you can always upgrade your ticket . One factor worth considering is that third-party sellers typically have larger discounts on Park Hopper tickets, so the difference in price is not as large when you’re buying from authorized vendors. For example, a 5-day Park Hopper is $40 more than a non-hopper ticket when purchased from Disney, but is only $27 more when purchased from aRes Travel , the vendor we recommend. Disneyland Ticket Discounts Available to Anyone Jump to: Other Places to Buy Advance Purchase Discount Tickets Discounted Disneyland Tickets (2-Day to 5-Day) from aRes Travel aRes Travel (pronounced “a-rez” rather than “a-reez”) is an extremely reliable, authorized Disneyland ticket vendor we’ve been recommending for years. They have decades of experience selling Disneyland tickets (and other Southern California attraction tickets), and have excellent customer service, with real people you can talk to. You can buy from them with confidence.

5-Day Park Hopper Tickets are $310 adult / $295 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $23 less than gate price. Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 4-Day Park Hopper Tickets are $305 adult / $290 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $13 less than gate price. Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets are $281 adult / $278 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $12 ($3 child) less than gate price. Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 2-Day Park Hopper Tickets are $230 adult / $218 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $3 less than gate price. This ticket does not include Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 5-Day NON-Hopper (1 Park Per Day) Tickets are $283 adult / $268 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $10 less than gate price.

Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 4-Day NON-Hopper (1 Park Per Day) Tickets are $268 adult / $253 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $10 less than gate price. Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 3-Day NON-Hopper (1 Park Per Day) Tickets are $245 adult / $233 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $8 less than gate price. Includes one Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 2-Day NON-Hopper (1 Park Per Day) Tickets are $190 adult / $178 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $3 less than gate price. This ticket does not include Magic Morning admission for Disneyland. 2017 Character Dining Tickets are $38 adult / $22 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee. Each ticket is good for one meal for one guest at: Minnie & Friends Breakfast (Park admission required) or Surf’s Up! Breakfast or Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Critter Breakfast.

Ticket valid through 12/31/17. 2017 Premium Character Dining Tickets are $48 adult / $28 child (ages 3-9) plus a $2 convenience fee. Each ticket is good for one meal for one guest at: Ariel’s Disney Princess Celebration (Park admission required) or Goofy’s Kitchen. Ticket valid through 12/31/17. First use on most of the tickets above must take place by 12/31/17 and they expire 13 days after first use or 1/13/18, whichever comes first. Some specially-priced tickets may expire earlier; be sure to check the fine print to ensure the ticket is valid for the time you need it for. Click here to order online from aRes Travel or call and speak with an actual person at (800) 680-0977. Order at least 2 days in advance. You print your ticket receipt at home and present the receipt at the park ticket booths, where they give you the actual tickets.

3-Day or 4-Day Discounted Disneyland & Universal Studios Hollywood Ticket Bundle aRes Travel is offering a nice discount when you buy a bundle that includes 2-Day or 3-Day Disneyland Park Hopper Tickets and 1-Day Universal Studios Hollywood Tickets, which you can purchase instantly online and print out (thus no shipping fee). They are an extremely reliable ticket vendor we’ve been recommending for years. They have decades of experience selling Southern California attraction tickets, and have excellent customer service, with real people you can talk to. You can buy from them with confidence. 2-Day Park Hopper Tickets plus 1-Day Universal Studios Tickets are $328 adult / $311 child (3-9), plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $20 / $19 less than the gate price of the same set of tickets. 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets plus 1-Day Universal Studios Tickets are $378 adult / $363 child (3-9), plus a $2 convenience fee, which is $30 / $29 less than the gate price of the same set of tickets. Includes one Magic Morning admission to Disneyland (available on select days).

You will receive the Universal Studios tickets immediately upon booking and the Disneyland tickets via email within 24 hours of booking. aRes is a reliable authorized Disneyland and Universal Studios ticket vendor and this is a perfectly safe way to buy tickets at a nice discount. First use of the Disneyland Park Hopper tickets must take place by 12/31/17 and they expire 13 days after first use or 1/13/18, whichever comes first. Universal Studios Hollywood tickets expire 12/31/17. Other Places to Buy Advance Purchase Disneyland Tickets Direct Purchase From Disney You can obviously buy Disneyland tickets directly from Disney, but there are no advance purchase discounts online or by phone, except during rare special promotions. The rest of the time you pay the same price online as you would in person at the ticket booths. When there is a special promotion that is available to the general public, we list it here. AAA The American Automobile Association is subdivided into regions, and the regions offer different attraction tickets. Some offer Disneyland ticket discounts; some don’t. Some have free add-ons, some don’t. For the very latest information, you should always call your local club or check their web site to see what they offer.

Obviously, you will need to be a member of AAA to get these discounts, but in many cases, a club in one region will allow members in other regions to take advantage of their discounts. It never hurts to ask! Automobile Club of Southern California offices sells advance purchase multi-day Disneyland tickets at a slight discount. Members of other AAA clubs can use this discount, but you must purchase your tickets in person at an Auto Club branch. If you will have a car while in Anaheim, the closest AAA office is at 420 N Euclid Street, about 4 miles from Disneyland. Phone number is (714) 774-2392. Thanks to pho lishus and Dan L for info. Some Central and Northern California AAA offices and neighboring states’ AAA offices (i.e. Arizona and Oregon) sell advance purchase multi-day Disneyland Park Hopper tickets. They may or may not be discounted. Be sure to call your local AAA office in advance to check prices and make sure they have the tickets you want in stock. Sometimes they allow members of other clubs to buy tickets, but usually in person, not online. Sometimes a free parking pass is included with the purchase of multi-day tickets.

Last we checked, the Washington State AAA offices offer tickets at regular price, but include a free parking pass with every multi-day ticket. For some situations this might be a better deal than getting discounted tickets. But price it out both ways to be sure. Supermarkets/Safeway Some supermarkets such as Safeway, Albertson’s and Ralph’s (primarily in California and neighboring states) may carry promotional advance purchase discount Disneyland tickets. These are typically just the Southern California resident tickets, and you may need to show an ID with a Southern California zip code in order to purchase the tickets. 1-Day Ticket Discounts One-day Disneyland tickets and Disney California Adventure tickets are almost never discounted. The exceptions are all for advance purchase only: tickets sold through universities (for students ) military discounts through base MWR offices Southern California CityPASS Planning a “grand tour” of Southern California? Be sure to consider the Southern California CityPASS , which includes discounted admission to Disneyland, Legoland California and SeaWorld San Diego . The San Diego Zoo or Safari Park can be added as an option on this pass. By purchasing this combined ticket, you save a substantial amount vs. buying each ticket separately. Click here for more information on the Southern California CityPASS.

Disneyland Annual Pass Deals & Discounts It may be more cost-effective to buy an Disneyland Annual Pass (which Disneyland calls an “Annual Passport”) if you will be in the parks for more than a few days during the year. Be sure to include an Annual Pass in your calculations when deciding on the best pass to buy. When purchasing tickets for a family, group or couple that will visit Disneyland together, it is often worthwhile to buy ONE Signature or Signature Plus Passport for someone in the party. That’s because in addition to the admission, a Signature Passport includes parking, many Disneyland Resort restaurant and shopping discounts and discounts at the Disneyland resort hotels . Just have the Signature Passholder use the discounts and parking privileges for everyone’s benefit. (Most restaurant discounts are good for the entire party — a few have limits.) How to Buy a Disneyland Annual Pass You can buy your pass in person at any Disneyland ticket booth. If you have never had an Annual Passport before, you’ll have to get a photo taken by a PhotoPass photographer, which will be associated with the pass. You can also buy a Disneyland Annual Passport in advance by phone at (714) 781-INFO (4636) or online .

If you buy in advance, you can order a voucher for an actual Annual Pass. The voucher must be “activated” (exchanged for the actual Annual Pass) at the park. To activate the voucher, you’ll have to show photo ID (for adults). Many supermarkets in Southern California sell “gift card” style vouchers for Disneyland Annual Passports at full price. Generally we don’t see much point in buying an annual pass voucher in advance, except if you know the prices are about to go up and you want to lock in the current price. Even if the price goes up after you purchase it, your voucher is valid until the end of the calendar year without paying any extra. After that time the voucher still retains its value (what you paid) but you have to pay the difference in price if annual pass prices have gone up. The Annual Passport is valid for one year from the date you redeem the voucher. You can renew an Annual Passport up to 40 days prior to its expiration date. Renewals are automatically activated immediately after the current pass expires. If you will not use a new Annual Passport within the 60 days after your old one expires, it’s better not to renew. Just buy a new pass when you actually need it.

If you are purchasing an Annual Passport that has blackout dates, be sure to read the hint above so that you can maximize your use of the pass at the time of purchase. Disneyland Annual Pass Deals Southern California Annual Passport – Southern California residents within zip codes 90000-93599 qualify for a reduced-price Annual Passport (with some blackout dates). See the Disneyland Ticket Prices page for details. DVC members qualify for $20 off a Disneyland Signature or Signature Plus Passport. This is good on the first purchase — not on renewals. The discount is valid for members of the DVC member’s immediate household only. Southern California Resident Ticket Discounts Most promotions for Southern California residents are available for Southern Californians residing within zip codes 90000-93599 and Northern Baja California residents within zip codes 21000-22999. Photo ID is required at the time of purchase and may be required at the time of admission as well. Current So Cal Disneyland Ticket Offers New!Southern California and Northern Baja California residents can buy a 3-day ticket at an exceptional price!

Get a one-park-per day ticket for $149 (ages 3+) or a 3-day Park Hopper for $189 (ages 3+), valid through 5/25/2017, with blackout dates of 4/9/17-4/23/17. Includes one Magic Morning admission to Disneyland on selected dates. Tickets can be purchased now through 5/22/17. Tickets are available at Disneyland ticket booths, or can be purchased online at Disneyland.com/socal . Unlike regular 3-day tickets, these do not expire 13 days after first use. They expire on 5/25/17, or when all three days have been used, whichever comes first. Only available to residents in California zip codes 90000-93599 and Baja California zip codes 21000-22999. Proof of residency and photo ID is required at purchase time, and each person may buy up to 5 tickets per day. Proof of residency may also be required at admission time. Southern California Annual Passport Southern California residents qualify for reduced-price Annual Passes.

See the Disneyland Ticket Prices page for details. DVC Member Annual Pass Discount The Disney Vacation Club (DVC) is a Disney-operated timeshare program with properties at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Vero Beach, Hilton Head Island and Hawaii. DVC members qualify for $20 off Disneyland Signature and Signature Plus Passports . This is good on the first purchase — not on renewals. The discount is valid for members of the DVC member’s immediate household only. Ticket Discounts for Teachers If you are a teacher in the US or Canada, be sure to check with your teachers’ union for possible Disneyland ticket discounts. Members of the California Teachers Association sometimes qualify for a great price on Disneyland tickets. To check on what’s available right now, either visit the benefits website or call TSA/First Financial Credit Union at (800) 537-8491. Thanks to Diane E for info. MouseSavers.com reader Barbara W reports, “First Financial Credit Union may extend this discount to members of other Teachers Associations through their toll-free phone line.

(The rep I spoke to had no problem with my parents’ membership in a Canadian association.) These tickets must be shipped to a residential address in the US only.” Another reader reports that they would not allow a teacher from outside California to order. So “your mileage may vary.” MouseSavers.com reader Heather O reports, “the PSEA (Pennsylvania State Education Association) also offers a significant discount on Disneyland tickets…. I found that I could save $25-30 on most multi-day passes!” Disneyland Ticket Discounts for College Students Many universities in Southern California offer Disneyland and Disney California Adventure tickets at a small discount for their students. If you are a college student, check with your Student Union. You’ll typically only save around $1 on 1-day tickets and $6 on 2-day tickets. Discount Disneyland Tickets Through the Y.E.S. (Youth Education Series) Program Disney Y.E.S. programs are special educational programs offered in the Disneyland Resort theme parks on selected dates to students in 1st through 12th grade. Y.E.S. is a wonderful educational program, but it also has an added benefit: discounted tickets.

You can get 1-Day/1-Park and 2-Day/1-Park Tickets, or 1-Day to 5-Day Park Hopper Tickets in conjunction with the program. Normally the Y.E.S. programs are available only to groups of 15 kids or more, but at times Disney offers “individual enrollment” that does not require you to be part of a group. However, if the “individual enrollment” events don’t fill up, they may be cancelled. Click here to learn more about individual enrollment. Ticket Discounts for Youth Groups If you will be taking a group of 10 or more kids (between ages 3 and 18) to Disneyland, be sure to call the Youth Group Sales department at (800) 232-7980 to see what discounts may apply, or visit disneyyouth.com for more info. Qualifying Southern California youth groups can buy significantly discounted tickets through the site above, by fax or by phone. Thanks to Don R and Charles F for info.

Corporate, Government & Other Membership Discounts Employees of large companies, major government agencies, or large membership groups like unions or professional organizations (typically those with 200-plus employees or members) may qualify to purchase discounted Disneyland tickets, regardless of whether the company has any direct relationship with Disney. Tickets are offered through private websites operated by various ticket suppliers that service large organizations. A password is required to access those sites. Check with your company or organization’s benefits department to find out whether your company participates and how to get the password. If you work for a company that is a major corporate sponsor at Disneyland (i.e. the company’s logo is on a major attraction), or has a significant business relationship with Disney, you might qualify for significant discounts on tickets. Check with your Human Resources department for additional info. Some of these membership discounts can be significant, but others are no better (or even worse) than discounts available to the general public, so be sure to compare the final price (with any service fees and/or shipping) to other advance purchase ticket discounts . Credit Union Discounts Some California credit unions may offer Disneyland discounts to their members. These deals are getting fewer and further between as Disney has been slowly reducing the number of deals it offers to corporate and group clients.

Still, if you belong to a credit union in California, be sure to inquire about this. Discounts for Military Families

Question: In which American state will you find Disneyland park?
Answer: California